Vice Chancellor of Daffodil International University Professor Dr. M Lutfar Rahaman awarded life time achievement of Dhaka University IT Society for his outstanding contribution in IT Education. He was awarded this achievement at the inaugural ceremony of “3rd National Campus IT Fest” on September 14, 2014 organized by Dhaka University IT Society (DUITS) and government’s Information and Communication Technology Division.
Post, Telecommunications and Information Technology Minister Abdul Latif Siddique handing over the crest of achievement to Professor Dr. M. Lutfar Rahman at the function held at Senate bhaban of Dhaka University.State Minister for Post, Telecommunications and Information Technology Junaid Ahmed Palak, Dhaka University Vice Chancellor Professor A A M S Arefin Siddique, Managing Director of Ericson in Bangladesh Mr. Rajendra Pangreker were also present at that moment.
Post, Telecommunications and Information Technology Minister Abdul Latif Siddique handed over the crest of achievement to Professor Dr. M. Lutfar Rahman at the function held at Senate bhaban of Dhaka University. State Minister for Post, Telecommunications and Information Technology Junaid Ahmed Palak, Dhaka University Vice Chancellor Professor A A M S Arefin Siddique, Managing Director of Ericson in Bangladesh Mr. Rajendra Pangreker were also present at that moment.
When the department of Computer Science (now Computer Science and Engineering) was opened in the University of Dhaka in 1992, Dr. Rahman was appointed its founding Chairman. He was appointed professor at the same department in 1994. He also worked as the Director of the Computer Center (now Institute of Information Technology), University of Dhaka for four years from 1994 to 1998.
Dr. Rahman worked hard for enhancement of scientific and technological culture in the country. He was Organizing Chairman of the National Conference on Computer and Information Systems held in the University of Dhaka in 1997. This conference was upgraded as International Conference in Computer and Information Technology (ICCIT) and is held annually since 1998. He initiated the National Conference on Communication and Information Security in Daffodil International University, Dhaka in 2005.
Dr. M. Lutfar Rahman carried out extensive research work in digital systems, microprocessor applications, data communications, computer networks, information security and cryptography and supervised numerous projects and theses for B.Sc. (Hons), M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees. He has over 200 research papers and numerous scientific and technical articles to his credit. He authored/coauthored and edited sixteen books in the area of electronics, computer and communication. A number of his books are used as text-books in the university level.
